Artist Monograph

Charles Gaines, American

American, born 1944

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	6	60%
Photography	2	20%
Etching	1	10%
Video	1	10%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Media and Performance	6	60%
Drawings & Prints	4	40%

Production by Decade

2

1970s

2

1980s

6

2010s

Classification Types

Drawing — 7
Print — 1
Installation — 1
Video — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	12.5%
Large (1–3 m)	7	87.5%

Range: 88.9 cm → 245.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2011	3
2013	6
2025	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 10 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Print Acc. 64.2025	1975	Etching	39 1/2 × 27 3/8" (100.3 × 69.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Faces: Men and Women, #11, "Mary Ann Aloojian" Drawing Acc. 835.2011.a-c	1978	Gelatin silver print and ink on three sheets of paper	sheet (each): 23 x 19" (58.4 x 48.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dian Woodner in honor of Dr. Stuart W. Lewis and The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art
Shadows V, Set 1 Drawing Acc. 836.2011	1980	Gelatin silver prints and ink on four sheets of paper	Frame: 24 1/2 x 72" (62.2 x 182.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dian Woodner in honor of Dr. Stuart W. Lewis and The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art
Working Drawings for Numbers and Trees #7 Drawing Acc. 838.2011	1989-1990	Ink and tape on graph paper	35 x 28" (88.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dian Woodner in honor of Dr. Stuart W. Lewis and The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art
An Indigenous Manifesto (1999) Drawing Acc. 1206.2013.2	2013	Pencil on paper	Frame: 86 x 55" (218.4 x 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired through the generosity of Jill and Peter Kraus, Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, and The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art
Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1971) Drawing Acc. 1206.2013.5	2013	Pencil on paper	Frame: 86 x 55" (218.4 x 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired through the generosity of Jill and Peter Kraus, Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, and The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art
Indocumentalisimo (2010) Drawing Acc. 1206.2013.4	2013	Pencil on paper	Frame: 96 3/4 x 55" (245.7 x 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired through the generosity of Jill and Peter Kraus, Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, and The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art
Malcom X Speech at Ford Auditorium (1965) Drawing Acc. 1206.2013.3	2013	Pencil on paper	Frame: 80 3/4 x 55" (205.1 x 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired through the generosity of Jill and Peter Kraus, Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, and The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art
Manifestos 2 Installation Acc. 1206.2013.1-5	2013	Four-channel high-definition video (black and white and color, sound; 64 min.) and four graphite drawings	Dimensions variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired through the generosity of Jill and Peter Kraus, Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, and The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art
Manifestos 2 Video Acc. 1206.2013.1	2013	Four-channel high-definition video (black and white and color, sound)	64 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired through the generosity of Jill and Peter Kraus, Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, and The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art